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British people’s British people’s holidays abroadholidays abroadBritish people’s British people’s holidays abroadholidays abroad
By JudyBy Judy
Outline• The current situation of British
people’s spending their holidays overseas
• The trend for British to spend their holidays abroad
• The top 10 destinations for British tourists in 2002 and the reasons why these destinations are so popular
Current situation• Most holidays are taken in July and August.• More and more Britons are taking a second
holiday abroad in the winter (skiing for a week) or Spring (weekend/short breaks to European cities)
• Seaside package holidays are the most popular
Reasons why more and more British spend holidays abroad• 1970s The airline industry expanded and tour oper
ators started to offer very cheap package holidays to Spain or ‘last minute’ cheap fares. Large numbers of UK residents started to go abroad for their holidays. The package holiday boom started.
1980s• Skiing holidays were starting to beco
me popular and the package industry continued to expand. British tourists started to prefer a package holiday abroad to an expensive British holiday
1980s-1990s• Packages to the USA became much c
heaper than trips to British resorts. Most ordinary people went abroad.
1990s-2003 • A second yearly holiday became possi
ble with more and more cheap packages. Holidays to Australia and m
ore exotic locations became cheap enough for many ordinary working pe
ople.
The TOP 10 Destinations for British tourists in 2002
• Spain - 12.6 million visits • France - 11.7 million visits • Irish Republic - 4 million visits • USA - 3.7 million visits • Greece - 3 million visits • Italy - 2.7 million visits • Germany - 2.5 million • Netherlands - 2 million visits • Portugal - 1.8 million visits • Belgium - 1.5 million visits
The TOP 10 Destinations for British tourists in 2002
• Spain - 12.6 million visits • France - 11.7 million visits • Irish Republic - 4 million visits • USA - 3.7 million visits • Greece - 3 million visits • Italy - 2.7 million visits • Germany - 2.5 million • Netherlands - 2 million visits • Portugal - 1.8 million visits • Belgium - 1.5 million visits
References• http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.s
ch.uk/customs/questions/holidays.htm
• http://www.spain.info/Tourspain/?language=en